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Release Date: 31 August, 2004 Retail Price: $12.98 OUR Price: $11.99 You SAVE: $0.99! |
Rocky & Bullwinkle - The Complete Second Season Reviews
"Elmo want money! Buy DVD! Buy..." (clamps hand over Elmo's mouth)
Okay...
Anybody remember Sesame Street? No, not "Elmo's World"...but Sesame Street? Anyone remember the 20th Anniversary special from 1989 done with so much love and care? I loved the 20th Anniversary special with Bill Cosby. THAT was a special! When I watched the 35th special, I thought they had put in the wrong tape instead of the "special". I can't stand Elmo! Look, I'm sorry, but Sesame Street just isn't Sesame Street anymore...at least to me.
I don't know how the rest of you feel, but when I think of looking back over the years of Sesame Street, I think of skits that I, and that many of us, grew up with, which have been replaced by...(sigh) Elmo.
Look, Sesame Street to me is old Joe Raposo songs, Mr. Hooper serving birdseed milkshakes and the old tire swing with the old number posters on the green doors (where Gina's vet's office is now). I think of the old Fix-it Shop (what's this Mail-it Shop? Maria and Luis just don't look right without tools and toasters). I think of the yellow/black, well worn diamond pattern of Hooper's Store. I think of a street inhabited by all sorts of creatures and people living together, with none of them hogging the spotlight for themselves (unlike...)
Thousands of clips, old clips, run through my head when I think "Sesame Street". I miss the segments I loved as a kid, like the Painter (Paul Benedict), the Ballad of Casey McPhee, (Cookie Monster's train) and any Ernie and Bert sketch from the 70's or 80's. These were what we remembered as kids...and it's a shame that it's all been replaced by such a...well...watered down version with a single, screeching character that gives parents headaches, but remains "tickled", nonetheless.
I wish that there were some way that Rowlf could return to the show (after all, Rowlf and Kermit were the ones who thought up Sesame Street's title!) Which would you rather see: Rowlf tickling the ivories in the tire swing yard and singing an old Raposo classic that the kids could still enjoy and dance to...or would you rather see a poorly animated, scribbled background with Elmo screeching the same word over and over again to the tune of "Jingle Bells?"
How can we make things more tolerable for parents? Since Rowlf belongs to Disney now, we can't have him on SS. Let's see, how about each Elmo video, DVD or toy could come with a coupon for Advil or Tylenol with a groaning Oscar the Grouch on the front?
Sigh...I'm glad they had Sesame Unpaved...for a while anyway...sigh. Until then, we're stuck alongside Bert, asking how we can leave Elmo's World. I know just how Bert feels.
Some old, some new & Chinese Peacock dance
My daughter and I love this dvd, because it has some classic Sesame Street moments and shows some new soon to be classic moments with current actors & actresses. We love the Chinese girls doing the peacock dance and seeing that Miles joined his family through adoption.
As parents who grew up watching Sesame Street I think it's hard to include what we each fondly remember - such as Mr. Hooper, the cream pie guy and when Snuffy was only seen by Big Bird. Especially when we want to share our a little piece of our childhood with our children. I do think they did job considering all of the years and wonderful shows.
We 2 Sesame Street dvds and there is no way around the Sesame Street's spokes woman Whoppi Goldberg. She just states that children all around the world profit when you purchase Sesame Street items. Our daughter at 2 loved the intro and seeing all the different children from around the world, could it be stressful to both parent and child who is younger who wants to watch it now.... YES.
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